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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-03-29 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Thomasville, Georgia, USA

Scott Wilson

Biography:

Scott Wilson (March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018) was an American film and television actor.

Wilson has more than 50 film credits from the 1960s to the 2010s, including In the Heat of the Night, In Cold Blood, The Great Gatsby, Dead Man Walking, Pearl Harbor, and Junebug.In 1980, Wilson received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his role in The Ninth Configuration.From 2011 to 2013, Wilson was a main cast member on the AMC television series, The Walking Dead,in which he played veterinarian and Greene family patriarch Hershel Greene. Wilson was well-known especially for his recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as casino mogul Sam Braun, the father of investigator Catherine Willows.

Known For

Acting

2024

The Walking Dead: The Return as Hershel Greene (archive footage)

2017

Hostiles as Cyrus Lounde

2016

The OA as Abel Johnson
Damien as John Lyons

2015

Bosch as Dr. Guyot

2014

2013

Dorfman in Love as Winston Cooke Sr.

2011

Five as Bill (Older)

2010

Radio Free Albemuth as President Fremont
The Walking Dead as Hershel Greene
Justified as Frank Reasoner

2009

For Sale By Owner as Doktor Banks
Saving Grace B. Jones as Reverend Potter

2007

Big Stan as Warden Gasque

2006

Open Window as Eddie
Come Early Morning as Lowell Fowler
Saving Shiloh as Judd Travers
The Host as Douglas

2005

Junebug as Eugene

2003

The Last Samurai as Ambassador Swanbeck
Monster as Horton / Last "John"

2002

Coastlines as Pa Mann
Don't Let Go as Jimmy Ray Stevens
Bark! as Harold

2001

The Animal as Mayor
Pearl Harbor as George Marshall

2000

The Way of the Gun as Hale Chidduck

1999

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season as Judd Travers
The Jack Bull as Governor

1998

Clay Pigeons as Sheriff Dan Mooney
Pride as Joseph Berry Keenan

1997

Our God's Brother as Adam Chmielowski, Brother Albert
G.I. Jane as C.O. Salem

1996

Shiloh as Judd Travers

1995

Dead Man Walking as Chaplain Farley
Judge Dredd as Pa Angel
Soul Survivors as Bradley Facemeyer
The Grass Harp as Eugene Fenwick
Mother as Dr. Chase

1993

Flesh and Bone as Elliot
The X-Files as Rev. Orison

1991

Pure Luck as Frank Grimes
Femme Fatale as Dr. Beaumont

1990

The Exorcist III as Dr. Temple
Young Guns II as Governor Lewis Wallace
Law & Order as Ben Chaney

1989

Johnny Handsome as Mikey Chalmette

1988

The Tracker as John 'Red Jack' Stillwell
Jesse as Sam Maloney

1987

Malone as Paul Barlow

1986

Blue City as Perry Kerch

1985

The Aviator as Jerry Stiller
The Twilight Zone as (segment "Quarantine")

1984

On the Line as Mitch

1983

The Right Stuff as Scott Crossfield

1980

The Ninth Configuration as Capt. Billy Cutshaw

1979

The Illegal as Police officer

1976

1974

The Great Gatsby as George Wilson

1973

Lolly-Madonna xxx as Thrush Feather

1972

1971

The Grissom Gang as Slim Grissom

1969

The Gypsy Moths as Malcolm Webson
Castle Keep as Cpl. Clearboy

1967

In the Heat of the Night as Harvey Oberst
In Cold Blood as Richard 'Dick' Hickcock

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee